A Horrifying Insight Into American Politics
This serves as an example of the intense polarisation of American politics.
John McCain was booed by his own supporters during a rally on Friday after he described Barack Obama as a “decent person and a person that you do not have to be scared of as president of the United States.”
McCain was responding to a town hall attendee who claimed he was concerned about raising a child under a president who “cohorts with domestic terrorists such as [Bill] Ayers.” Despite the fact that McCain and his campaign have repeatedly used Ayers to hammer Obama in recent days, the Arizona Senator tried to calm the man.
“[Senator Obama] is a decent person and a person that you do not have to be scared about as President of the United States,” he said, before adding: “If I didn’t think I would be one heck of a better president I wouldn’t be running.”
The crowd groaned with disapproval.
Horrific.
At last there is one good thing about having the Lib Dems in British politics: it prevents this sort of political polarisation.
Wow, I’ve found a good reason for the Lib Dems to exist! I didn’t think there was one.
UPDATE: The video of the incident is here.
[UPDATE 2 by Matt: The video is also here now]
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I think we get our fair share of that here as well.
No quite that bad though. No-one would boo any statement that at a rally that their opponent is a “decent person”.
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On a different point, I’m more concerned by the point that calling someone an “Arab” can be used as such a stereotype.
“Dirty Jew” for the 21st Century.
To be fair, “American” is used in a similar way in some circles.
There’s no place for any of it.
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